RPC IV.2, 169 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 169 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue »Kyzikos«: 3.3 bust and COMMOD AVG
Dating c. 180–183
Obverse inscription IMP CAI(sic) M AVR COMMOD AVG
Edition Imperator Caisar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus Imp(erator) Cai(sar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Commod(us) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short - medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVG TROAD
Edition coloniae Augustae Troadis col(oniae) Aug(ustae) Troad(is)
Translation of the Augustan colony of the Troad
Reverse design statue of nude Marsyas standing on base, left, raising arm, holding wineskin over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.87 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Bellinger A 209 and A 229, BMC 79
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.43692 Bellinger A 209, pl. 19
2 2     L: BMC 79
3 3     P: 240
4 4     P: 219, obverse worn, attribution to this type not entirely certain
5 5     O
6 6     O
7 7     ✸ V: GR 16610
8 8     Çanakkale: Inv. 5996 SNG Turkey 3.I, no. 274